How do you hook up a lionel train transformer

After a long absence, the FAQ is back and updated. I'm hoping it is still useful to folks out there despite the small trickle of feedback I've received about the FAQ recently. K-line and Atlas-O catalogs would help too. A collectable model train is any model train with intrinsic historical or sentimental value rather than just scale accuracy.

1948 Lionel transformer hook-up

How to Connect the Wires to the Transformer of a Toy Train | Our Pastimes

My original Lionel Santa Fe outfit was purchased new in In the 's, I added other Lionel train cars and accessories to my train layout. The front cover of the Lionel Consumer Catalog that lists my Lionel train outfit is shown below. The locomotive is a P powered "A" unit and is part of an F3 freight outfit.

How to Connect the Wires to the Transformer of a Toy Train

All the flaps are intact. Minor price tag damage on one end. Black printing on dark brick red.

Items For Sale Phasing Transformers With a toy train layout, if you have two transformers powering two different divisions and they're "out of phase" it would be possible to inadvertently run 40 volts through a locomotive when it's over the center rail insulating track pin separating the divisions. This condition is unsafe. This procedure shows how to phase two or more transformers. Some transformers have power taps that do Not use the common.